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Statutory speed limits for school zones tend to be 30 or 40 km/h (19 or 25 mph) in urban areas and 50 km/h (31 mph) in rural areas. [5] The highest posted speed limit in the country is 120 km/h (75 mph) and can be found only on the Coquihalla Highway. [6] [7] "N/A" means there is no such roadway in the province or territory.
Entry points to the country through Canada Customs and other federally-regulated sites (including airports) also have bilingual stop signs. On First Nations or Inuit territories, stop signs sometimes use the local aboriginal language in addition to or instead of English and/or French. Other parts of Canada use stop.
Commercial vehicles are prohibited from Island Park Drive, which is a two-lane arterial road with a 40 km/h (25 mph) speed limit due to the residential nature. The parkway has a length of 3 km (1.9 mi), or 4 km (2.5 mi) if the Champlain Bridge is included.
Richmond Road is known as Ottawa Road #36 from Island Park Drive to Robertson Road. Old Richmond Road is known as Ottawa Road #59 from Moodie Drive to Fallowfield Road . Speed limits range from 40 km/h (25 mph) in school and residential areas to 60 km/h (37 mph) in urban commercial areas, and 80 km/h (50 mph) in greenbelt and rural areas.
Robertson Road is a four-lane route along its entire length and the speed limit is 80 km/h (50 mph) except within Bells Corners where it is 60 km/h (37 mph). The route west of the old CP Rail trestle (now the Trans Canada Trail) passes through the Greenbelt and is designated as a high risk deer collision corridor. Numerous attempts have been ...
Carling Avenue is a major east–west arterial road in the west end of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It runs from March Road in Kanata to Bronson Avenue in the Glebe. The road is named for John Carling, founder of Carling Brewery and Conservative MP and Senator, Postmaster General and Minister of Agriculture.
Though Canada uses kilometres per hour on roadways, rail speed limits are set in miles per hour (mph). [14] Tracks are classified and the speed limit is determined by the type. [ 14 ] The track class speed limits are nearly identical to the speed limits set by the Federal Railway Administration in the United States .
The winding two-lane road had a speed limit of 60 km/h (37 mph) for its entire length, until in 2022 the stretch from Bronson Avenue to Daly Avenue was reduced to 40 km/h (25 mph). [ 2 ] For many decades the area east of the canal had held Ottawa's main rail lines connecting to the Ottawa Union Station near the northern end of the canal.